Show W ARM WELCOME TO TOV V ALIER VESTON I p Half Chicago's Population Remind Remind Remind Re Re- mind Him of Forty Years Ago HE BREAKS LUNCH RECORD E Eats ts Nine Pounds of Grub i to Get Back to Weight Weight 0 ot 4 t t 4 M-M M 4 M 74 M M M t. 4 M 4 M 44 O 0 I 4 4 Figures on Weston StOl an and his 44 4 4 4 JuIce hike hlee 44 4 4 1 Age gc OS CS 8 present nt weight 44 4 4 II weight at start starl 11 distance 4 e.- e. walked 1275 1375 1 mie miles 4 I Map Iap distance 1234 I 13 mies miles 4 t t. t Total time of or trip 30 days a. a 7 f 4 I- I hours hour 4 I Former record Westons Weston's u 31 1 t I. I days day's 20 hours hours 4 I- I Ln Longest days day's walk 95 mies miles 44 4 4 Average distance Pcr per day U 1 44 4 t 4 mies miles 44 4 4 C 44 4 H M 14 tt M M M f 4 Chicago Xo Nov 27 Now i Now Mr Wes Wee Weston ton on when you OU came hero rort forty forty- years ago ngo go ue began an a a questioner Edward Edwart Payson Pason Weston cst on hiker e ex extraordinary cx- cx throw up hl his old hands and andIs his Is head heat fell tel upon his breast It I was wa too loo 00 much Ho lie hn had finished his 1231 1231 tr tramp mp at t 1 12 o'clock to today o beating the time record ho he C himself ma made e fort forty years ago by byver over o cr ver a a da day only to succumb at tho the end or of his journey to the tho rigors of or a bombardment o of questions and a food flood o of r recollections ci When hen ho lie sank to his rest tonight in room om 81 of or the Illinois Athletic club he c was wa a tired tred man and amid ant his hla cars ere ringing aging with wib time the thu thud heard a thousand thou thou- sand times during the tho day n Forty years oars ars ago aSo o fAt At the clubhouse ho he was besieged al all a afternoon and anti evening b by men and women omen who had luaU seen Been him when an ho bo walked J In triumph forty orty years ago aboa aa as ho Ie 0 walked In triumph toda today TUcy cre Chicago may have been a a. village muge In Int t 1807 u I. I but Iut ut It seems For it if I half hal tho rum o f persons persona rom who tried to shake baHt hands with Vi 1 him him today on claims that tHe they had ad a greeted him here fort forty years year ago lived veil hero her at that time Chicago walen was wa then men len a metropolis Tho Iho old man was wa finally stolen stoJen away t from rom the tho clamorous admirers s anti and sought his rest the rest the first nights night's nights comfort com corn tort fort art he lie has late enjoyed since he e left lef Port Port- land and Me Mc tc Ho lie wax was clearly learly fatigued IHu lIlo suld Huld t that atIt it wan not not- the Iho- tho walk kiaU exhausted ted him Jt it was time the rec reception reception- n and Wk ory ago age v hl hl s splendor pub pub- J rl L fi mt t iI r iS t J t vB t wiC th The hIm e tn ton teh Ot th building to show ibis cit Ha Ho shook hands bands 1000 times Inside the me walls wails wals Then came cume u a man Juan named Wilkins who ho had traveled tra from St. St Louis LuIs to re rc remind no- no mind md Weston Veston that he lie ha had taken him himme lo to I church tort forty years ago Weston gave his visitor a tired look and nd said salU ho hc ravo remembered the time sion oca-sion well vel that it was waa one of ot the most mast interesting events I he lie had hat In his memory that that that that-he hu had iii not gone gono to lo church since Ince Had Ann lite With Him JUm He Io was entertained at al a a. n luncheon b by a a. t committee in which were Dr William Hale mb Thompson Alderman J. J J J. Badenoch Baden Baden- och oel ii E E. C C. Racy Rucy and Dr Van Va va n- n burg ur rg Weston between the tIme many disturbances disturbances disturb disturb- ances ct's which accompanied the time arrival or gf members member and other influential ones eager eger to lo shake hands hund got gt away with a dinner which mich bespoke no rio lack of or appetite Itis it was wa is not a n health food lunch It I began began an U. U mock turtle soup and ended ente with coffee Noeh No o cheese and salads Luls Ice cream crem such huch eh eating as us Weston did ld In that dining tho the cJu club club- In been en room had cv ever been s seen I C use before I Thc lie public reception reception of Weston Veston In tho the morning and early afternoon hours hour was wa real cily Nothing approaching y Teal has has- It In iii noise an and general enthusiasm hn ot of the visit been ni seen been in Chicago o soothe n b of or Manila Few row the hero we as Pr Presidents e De hl have been een greeted as this pe- pe seas gt At Lt Twenty fourth street and Michigan came avenue a no T his Chief personal escort joined J ined with d anc him lJJ Fire Fins Fir and ad Chief Chic beno be- be 0 Alderman Ba enoch who re re- Horan aim mi-aim an and 1 tho the Illinois Athletic club P Weston was 03 placed in a u hollow square squar wa walking before and amid be behind behind be- be with tim policemen time the stretched to ropes hind mU him him holding f fetched automobiles that traveled In curbs curb from inThe road mid The ime cl streets were ere choked with people of ot whom had waited In positions j or of mie some acme hut since sinco sunrise About About the postoffice pst pst- post post- st- st vanla e pandemonium The Uni United there was as pan office ice ocee ted I States courts had hd to pend business bus from rom the streets of or the time shouting when en he lie approached Barred I Uy ily Doork Doorkeeper In the time doorkeeper for a It I t remained the tho only Chicago to a administer been shabby ibby thrust at the tho man who had hod ben to lo and petted netted from the time Atlantic cheered ered l eted tender refused Chicago's heart beart Tho The door reused w Iston o admission to toe time door doer where ho hoLI hobat had bat eston LI tried to enter sayIng 5 It 1 was wa an In ento entrance en en- trance ace for employ employ-cs only The ime ol old mun auth flushed deeply and turned reminded that Mayor Busand Bus Bus- to go so Ho lie was wa-s men committee of Prominent sc and uld a I of ot the build bulia- awaited him in the tho Jobb lobby te of sorNo sorrow sor- sor said bald with a trace Ing But Dut ho sull wih I row v lit in thero there I never ne indo In Intrude In- In I wont won't go No 10 0 not welcome and ho lie liek I 1 tru trude do e where whee am nun Badenoch's Jot arm and took k Alderman the heed to he when weighed pounds leanen less lean 17 pounds tl Umu reached e than en when he ime started Ills His feet were In excellent eilent condition cool and unmarked callous iLl or A carbuncle little old man as well he ho preserved served is as leather and as hearty as Ills was easily time 5 of tiny of tho roup of bright tim mit but 1 gained nine of I lost IT pound said 1 will back at lunch hero lie Ii's rather buck lough re time upon most time club but Ive I've got to have Imen he wired for his dress suit as ashe to en enliven he thai ho he be expected the clubhouse club club- at liven time the next few im LIU- LIU several oral take In house ISO mind perhaps no ten weston oston will wm stay In lii Chicago about Then on a lecture tour days s and thou depart |